On Jun 25, 2012, at 2:49 PM, Edward O'Connor wrote:
> Hi Mat,
>
>> Chairs and members of the HTML WG,
>>
>> Iâ€™ve posted a proposal for an adaptive image element to a W3C wiki here:
>> http://www.w3.org/community/respimg/wiki/Picture_Element_Proposal
>
> I definitely think that we should add some variety of adaptive bitmapped image asset loading to HTML; I've made such feature proposals myself.
>
> That said, I think it would be a mistake to add such a feature *in the HTML5 timeframe*. We've already deferred several other features to HTML.next; if we're going to actually finish HTML5, we need to stop taking on new features for it.
Iâ€™ll definitely defer to you guys on matters of process, as Iâ€™m well outside of my wheelhouse there. My only concern is the effect this decision could have on the time between introduction and a potential native implementation, if any. If this should be put off until HTML.next, what impact would that likely have?
This is a rapidly growing problem, and has been for some time. I worry about putting off the potential for a native solution, as developers find increasingly â€œcreativeâ€